I explain here why my lack of interest in 'gaming' and my very very deep interest in magic means that it is not something I ever do just for the sake of impressing chicks:
http://www.rooshvforum.network/thread-33889-...#pid674219
As for using magic to impress chicks. This definitely works. I have zero interest in using magic to impress people (and especially chicks) - which is ironic since it is a very powerful tool for doing such things. But I will give you some tips nonetheless...
ONE - Magic has two components. The ability to fool the mind and the ability to please the eye. A lot of the best magic tricks just look cool - irregardless of anything else. For example setting fire to a 1 dollar note and seeing it explode into a 100 dollar note.
TWO - There are a lot of easy tricks which will fool people - but none of them will be visually impressive. Since the tricks that impress the eye usually involve sleight-of-hand, or (more commonly) a secret gimmick of some sort.
THREE - Mind reading can be an effective branch of magic (since chicks often believe it is 'real' magic) but it lacks any visual fireworks or dazzle. Nevertheless - if you are looking for a simple trick to impress chicks - this is often an effective route to go down.
FOUR - In magic less is more. The most effective ways I have found of presenting it - is to pretend that your grandfather was a magician and that he taught you a single trick. And then you show it. The best performances in magic come about when a friend tells another friend that you are about to perform a trick. You then just do one killer trick and leave it at that.
FIVE - As such. It is quite effective in magic just learning a single killer trick. Since it stops you from becoming 'the dancing monkey.'
SIX - The most effective tricks in magic tend to involve money changing into other shit - and fire. As such - you would need to find a magic shop online and buy a trick like this. They are usually sold for about 30 dollars. You then stick it in your pocket and keep it in there for the moment when it will be most effective.
SEVEN - For an effective magic trick. You sit secretly prepared all night. And then slowly introduce the idea that you might know a little bit of magic. You then have to pretend that you are too tired and not sure if the other people will be interested. This builds the idea that you do not have anything secretly prepared. And shows you as a cool James Bond figure (and the opposite of a 'dancing monkey') who can do cool shit but doesn't feel the need to brag about it.
You then do your awesome trick and walk away from the table to get a drink. After 5 minutes of everyone at the table talking about how cool you are - you will come back looking like a rock star.
EIGHT - Never repeat a trick (a lot of tricks can be figured out the second time you watch them). Also repeating a trick (or even doing another - different - trick) makes you start to become a 'dancing monkey'. You have to be disciplined here. Since people will cry and beg you to repeat the trick you just did.
Less is more...
NINE - If you have a card trick where you know which card a woman has chosen. What I would do is scatter the cards on the table - and hold the woman's hand (kino attraction). And task her to concentrate intently on the card she is thinking of (even though she picked a card by hand - you start referring to it as the 'thought of card' - since she is remembering the card she chose. Eventually she will forget she chose a card and will be sure she just freely thought of one. A much better trick.)
You then hold her hand and slowly move it other the table - before bringing her hand to rest on the card she chose.
Simple trick - but very effective if you take it seriously and use your body language to convey that this is the best trick in the world.
TEN - There are a million ways of finding a freely chosen card (or of forcing a particular one on a spectator). Here is a fun method that I like. Have a card you have remembered on the bottom of the deck (eg the ACE OF SPADES). Now spread the cards on the table and have her choose one. You then return the card to the top of your deck and give it a cut.
This places the ACE OF SPADES and her card next to each other. You then ask the chick to shuffle the cards. If she gives the cards an overhand shuffle - there is a 95% chance that your ACE OF SPADES and her card will not be separated in the shuffle.
You then spread the cards - face up - on the table and see which card is above the ACE OF SPADES. This is her card. Remember it.
You then spread the cards - face up - all over the table in as random a fashion as possible.
You then grab her hand and ask her to think of her card.
Eventually you guide her hand and drop it on top of her thought of card.
And at the same time you announced the name of her card.
If the trick doesn't work - blame her for not concentrating properly. And do the trick again - but this time by holding her other hand.
This trick will not fail two times in a row - and is even more effective if you only hit it on the second attempt. Since it suggests you are using very arcane skills to do with body language and psychology/psychic abilities.
IF YOU LEARN THIS TRICK - YOU MUST PRACTICE IT BY YOURSELF QUITE A FEW TIMES. IT IS VERY EASY TO BECOME CONFUSED AS TO WHETHER THE SELECTED CARD IS ABOVE OR BELOW YOUR KEY CARD (THE ACE OF SPADES). YOU NEED TO PAY ATTENTION - DOES THE SELECTED CARD APPEAR ABOVE OR BELOW THE KEY CARD DEPENDING ON WHETHER OR NOT YOU SPREAD THE CARDS FROM LEFT TO RIGHT - OR RIGHT TO LEFT? GET THIS VERY CLEAR IN YOUR MIND. I HAVEN'T DONE THIS TRICK IN YEARS - AND EVEN I STILL HAVE TO REMIND MYSELF OF THESE EXACT DETAILS - DESPITE HAVING STUDIED MAGIC FOR TWENTY YEARS
Anyway - the trick above is a nice one. And it appears very fair when all the cards are being mixed up and scattered all over the table. It suggests tot he spectator that this is no ordinary magic trick - and instead it suggests you are trying to achieve something very difficult.
ELEVEN - If you want single killer magic trick which is easy to do. Go to this magic shop and spend 30 dollars on this trick.
http://www.penguinmagic.com/p/728
And promise me you will practice it a bunch of times by yourself before performing it. Magic is like giving a PowerPoint presentation. If you have not practiced it a few times by yourself - and are not sure exactly what you are doing - you will be surprised at how many simple things start to trip you up in the middle of a performance.
Also - have it clear in your mind exactly what you are going to say (even if it is simple shit) before doing a trick. A lot of good tricks are ruined by too much 'ummming' and 'ahhhing' as the magician stumbles over what he is saying since he is too busy thinking about the secret method required to do the trick.
TWELVE - If any of you ever become interested in seriously studying magic. I would recommend the Paul Harris 'Art of Astonishment' books. He has DVDs as well - but you will never become a serious magician if you do not develop the skills of learning magic from a book. There are three of them and are about 45 dollars each. They will not be that useful for a complete beginner. But these are the books you should get as soon as you are comfortable with a deck of cards and have already learned a few sleights already (eg The Elmsley Count, Double Undercut, Riffle Force and The Double Lift). These books are the Holy Grail for the sort of fun magic that is most effective.
And Paul Harris is a genius.
And if you want to become a master of sleight of hand and card tricks. I would recommend the first book in the 'Card College' series and take it from there. A lot of people in magic lose interest after the first few months as they realise how difficult it is at first. But once you break through that wall it will become very easy. Either way - you need to give yourself the time to see if you truly have the stamina for this sort of hobby.